How does a virus destroy the host cell's DNA?

Answer:
it attaches to the outside. Then, it goes inside and messes up the DNA, and lives on it like a host. This is a parasitic reaction. Then, the virus will take nutrients from its host until it is strong enought to reproduce.
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